• Bear attacks on people in Slovakia in 2000 - 2016 

      Haring, Michal (Master thesis, 2018)
      Human-wildlife conflicts worldwide involve both herbivore and carnivore species. Conflicts often result in negative consequences on both sides. Large carnivores, including bear species, are often involved. Brown bears ...
    • Infanticide as a male reproductive strategy has a nutritive risk effect in brown bears 

      Steyaert, Sam; Reusch, Christine; Brunberg, Sven; Swenson, Jon; Hackländer, Klaus; Zedrosser, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-02)
      Behavioural strategies to reduce predation risk can incur costs, which are often referred to as risk effects. A common strategy to avoid predation is spatio-temporal avoidance of predators, in which prey typically trade ...
    • Selection of rubbing trees by brown bears in Slovakia 

      Barilla, Ján (Master thesis, 2018)
      Chemical communication in bears is not fully understood, despite the importance of this topic for the behavioral ecology as well as for the conservation and management of Ursids. Brown bears often mark trees by rubbing on ...